Privacy Policy.
Last updated: 15 July 2026
DIRA ("we", "us", "our") exists to connect Ethiopian women with jobs, income, skills, and community. That mission depends on your trust. This policy explains what personal information we collect, why we collect it, and how we protect it — in plain language.
01Information we collect
We collect only what we need to run DIRA and Malaika:
- Contact details — your name, email address, and Telegram username when you join Malaika, subscribe to updates, or contact us.
- Professional information — your skills, sector, city, and work experience, when you choose to share them for job matching.
- Baseline and outcome data — income information you voluntarily provide so we can measure real economic impact. Sharing this is always optional.
- Employer information — organisation name, contact person, and hiring needs submitted through our employer form.
02How we use it
- To deliver weekly opportunity posts, skills content, and community programming.
- To match members with verified job and gig opportunities.
- To measure and report aggregate, anonymised impact (never your individual data).
- To respond to enquiries from members, employers, and partners.
03What we never do
We never sell your data. We never share your personal information with recruiters or employers without your explicit consent for a specific opportunity. Member stories are only ever published with the member's written permission.
04Sharing
We share personal information only: (a) with your consent — for example, introducing you to a DIRA Partner employer for a role you applied to; (b) with service providers who help us operate (such as messaging and hosting platforms), under confidentiality obligations; and (c) where required by Ethiopian law.
05Retention
We keep your information only as long as you are part of the DIRA community or as needed for the purposes above. If you leave Malaika or ask us to delete your data, we will remove it from our active records within 30 days, keeping only anonymised impact statistics.
06Your rights
You may at any time ask us to access, correct, or delete your personal information, or withdraw a consent you previously gave. Contact us at hello@dira.app and we will respond within 14 days. For more on how we safeguard data, see our Data Protection page.
07Changes to this policy
If we change this policy in a meaningful way, we will announce it in Malaika and update the date at the top of this page before the change takes effect.
08Contact
Questions about privacy? Write to hello@dira.app — DIRA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.